Results for “carbon monoxide poisoning”

A 3-year-old boy is brought to a regional emergency department 30 minutes after being carried out of a house fire. There is soot around his nostrils and on his…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · common

In late July a 34-year-old man attends with both his housemates. All three have had headache, nausea and poor concentration that build up through each evening a…

Acute Care · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 32-year-old man is rescued from a burning warehouse. He is confused, hypotensive and tachypnoeic, with soot on his face but no wheeze. His pulse oximeter read…

Emergency and Toxicology · Pre-internship · middle twist

A laboratory technician is found unconscious in a poorly ventilated garage. Arterial blood shows pH 7.39, PaO2 13.0 kPa (reference 10.7–13.3 kPa), and PaCO2 5.1…

Biomedical Science · Mechanisms of disease · common